Ironer



Sept. 18, 1928.

R. HILGEDICK -IRONER 3 Sheets-Sheet Filed., Mrch 14, 192'? Sept. 18,192s. 1,684,584

R. HILGEDICK IRONER Filed March 14, 192'? 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 sept. 1s,192s. 1,684,584

R. HILGEDICK IRONER Filed March 14, 1927 s sheets-sheet 3 Patented Sept.18, 1928.

UNITED STATES.

,i i resista 'PATENT oFFicE.

RUDY HILGEDICK, OF CHICAGQ, ILLINOIS. v

IRONER.

Application led March 14, A1927. Serial No.'175,180.

It is well known that very little effort is required to move a hotsadiron over an object being ironed, but it isveryy laborious worktohftthe sadiron and carry the same from the work to a supporting stand andfrom said stand to the work.

By the use of my invention, this laborious work is eliminated and saidinvention also `provides power means for imparting the to and fromovements to a sadiron.

Generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.f

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the invention with some parts broken awayand sectioned;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the turn-able top section andparts mounted thereon, as shown in Fig. 1; y

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the invention as shown in Fig- 1, with someparts removed;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged'view in side elevation of the sadiron and partsconnected thereto, and also showing certain of said parts and thesadiron in different positions,`by means of broken lines;

Fig. 5 is a View in transverse section taken on the line 5-.5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1,on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 7 is a Vdetail view in section taken on the line '7-7 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a detail view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7; Y

Fig. 9 is a detail view with some parts sectioned on the irregular linev9-9 of Fig. 4; i

Fig. 10 is a detail view with some parts sectioned on the line 10-10 ofFig. 2, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 11`is a fragmentary detail view with some parts sectioned on theline 11-11 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 12 is a detail view in section taken on the line 12-12 vof Fig. 8;and

Fig. 13 is a detail view in section taken on the line 13-13 of Fig. 8,

The numeral 14 indicates an ironing table, the top 15 of which affords asmooth flat ironing surface. This table top 15 at its rear end has aturnable section 16 pivotally mounted on a heavy bracket 17V on saidtable .top for horizontal swinging movement in the plane of said tabletop.v The joint between the tabletop 15 and its turnable section 16 ison the arc of a circle, the center of which is at the axis of the pivotof said section.

The numeral 18 indicates a heavy electric sadiron of any suitable typeand has a longitudinally extended tubular handle 19 rigidly secured toaheavy core in the form of a rod 20, the end portions of which, outwardofsaid handle, are journaled in a pair of upstanding ears 21 on a plate 22rigidly secured to the top of the sadiron 18. Headed screws 23 appliedto the ends of the rod 20 hold said rod in the ears 21 against endwiseremoval therefrom with the handle 19 closely positioned between saidears'with' freedom for turning movement about .the axis of said rod.

To support the sadiron 18 out of Contact with the table top 15 when notinl use, there is provided a pair of laterally spaced lazy tongs 24.These lazy tongs 24 are connected at their intermediate joints and heldlaterally spaced by horizontal rods' 25, the ends of which afford thepivots for said joints.

These lazy tongs 24, at their rear ends, are l mounted in a pair oflatterally spaced stand-- ards 26 onthe turnable table top section 16.The upper rearmost links in the lazy tongs 24 are pivoted to a shaft 27mounted on the standards 26 and have vformed therewith in bell-crankarrangement rearwardly extended arms 28 for a purpose that willpresently appear. The lower rearmost links in the lazy togs 24 areyattached to the standards 26 below the shaft 27 for compound pivotaland verticalV sliding movements in vertical slots formed in saidstandards.

The sadiron 18 is attached by a heavy hinge 29 to the front ends of thelazy tongs 24 for free ironing action on the table top 15, and forlongitudinal tilting movement on p its heel into a raised position inwhich it is supported from said lazy tongs above lthe table top for freeswinging movement there-` over. i This hinge 29 includes a rearwardlyextended horizontal hinge plate 3() on the heel of the sadiron 18, awide oblique hinge plate 31 attached to the front rod 25, and ahorizontal pintle 32 connecting said plates. The hinge plate 30 ismounted in a recess 33 in the heel of the sadiron 18 and is pivoted tosaid iron at 34 to permit horizontal angular movements of the sadiron 18on the table top in respect to the hinge 29.

To hold the hinge plate 31 from turning on the rod to which it isattached and in a rearwardly inclined position from the pintleV 32,there is rigidly secured to the back of said plate a horizontalrearwardly extended rod 35 endvvise slidably mounted in an apertureddepending ear 36 on one` of the rods 25. Obviously, this rod 35 holds.the hinge plate 31 for parallel movements and holding the same raised,as shown in Fig. 4, so that the sadiron 18 is out of contact with thetable top 15 and may be freely swung over the surface thereof, there isprovided a coiled spring 37 and a toggleV lever 38 mounted between theprongs of thebifurcated lower end portion of the hinge plate 31. Thelower arm 39 of the toggle lever 38 is integrally formed with the hingeplate 30 at the pintle 32 and is in bell-crank arrangement with saidplate. The other or upper arm 40 of the'toggle lever 38 comprisestelescopically connected members, the outer of which is pivoted at 41 tothe hinge plate 31. Y Y

The coiled` spring 37 encircles the toggle arm 40fand` is compressedbetween upper and lower Washers 42 on the members of said toggle arm 40,at the opposite ends thereof. When the sadiron 18 is supported on thetable top 15 for ironing action, the members of the toggle lever 38 arestraight and the spring 37 is held compressed between the Washers 42, asbest shown in Fig. 8. To raise the sadiron` 18, the operator by meansVof the handle 19, slightly tilts said sadiron on the pintle 32 to movethe toggle lever 38 beyond a. dead vcenter and thereby release thespring 37 so that it will exert a force sufficient to tilt the sadiron18'to a tongs 24 will be alternately buckled and straightened during theironing action. The pivot 34 also ,permits the sadiron 18 to beangularly moved to direct its point over the article being ironed. `Saidsadiron 18 may also be moved laterally in either direction over thetable top 15 due to the fact that the lazy tongs 24 are attached to theturnable table top section 16, which will be swung by said lazy tongsunder the lateral movement of said sadiron.

lVhen the operator is through ironing, it is only necessary to lift thefront end, of the sadiron 18 from the table top 15 to move the togglelever 38 beyond a dead center to release the spring 37 and thereby causethe same to lift the sadiron 18 so that the same is out of contact withsaid ltop and may be swung into a position at one side of the table top15 Where it is out of the Way.

Obviously, the connections to the sadiron F18 fromthe turnable table-topsection 16 permit universal movement of AVthe sadiroxr 18 on the tabletop 15 so that all classes and kinds of ironing may be accomplished inTo mechanically impart the to and fro movements to the sadiron 1-8during the ironing action thereof, by oscillating the arms i Y 28 andthereby imparting the straightening and buckling movements to the lazytongs 24, there is mounted on the table top section 16 an electric motor43 having on its armature shaft a -Worm 44 which meshes with a gear 45on a horizontal longitudinally extended shaft 46 journaled in bearings47 on said section. On the shaft 46 is a Worm 48 which meshes with algear 49 on a transing roller stud 57 which extends through aslot 58`inthe front end portions of the arms 28 which are drawn together, as shownin Fig. 3.V The rack 56 works in a long depending sleeve bearing 59 onthe under side of the table top section 16and a roller 60 engages theback of the Vrack 56 and holds the same forstraight line movement and inmesh with the gear 55. This roller 60 is journaled on a stud on abearing bracket 61 secured to the table top section 16.

When the peripheral friction Wheel 52 is lill at the axis of the facefriction Wheel 51, the driving connections from the motor 43 to the arms2S is idle. By shifting the peripheral friction wheel 52 to one side ofthe axis of the face friction Wheel 51, the driving connections from themotor f3 Will be op-` erated to straighten the lazy tongs 24 and imparta forward movement to the sadiron 18, and by shifting said frictionWheel 52 to the other side of said axis, said connections Will beoperated to buckle the lazy tongs`24 and thereby impart a backwardmovement to said iron 1S.

To shift the peripheral friction Whee'l 52 on the face friction Wheel51, the turnable handle 19 of the sadiron 18 is provided 'with asegmental gear 62 which is secured to the rear end of the rod 20 foroscillatory movement transversely of the sadiron 18. This segmental gear62 meshes -With a pinion 63 on a rearwardly inclined tubular shaftsection 6%, the lower end of which is journaled in asleeve bearing G5 onthe top of said iron 18 at the heel thereof. A shaft section 66 istelescoped into the shaft section Gli, and is square in cross section toconnect said VtWo shaft sections for common rotation With freedom forendwise movement in respect to each other.

The shaft section 66 is connected by a universal joint 67 to the forwardend of a horizontal shaft section 68 which extends through alignedapertures in the rods 25 With freedom for endwise movement, and its rearend portion is telescoped into a tubular shaft section 69, the rear endof which is ournaled in a bearing ZO on a bearing bracket 71 secured tothe table top section 16. 'lhe shaft section 68, Within the shaftsection 69, is a square in cross section and connects said shaftsections 68 and 69 for common rotation. On the rear end of the shaftsection 69 is a Worm 72 Which meshes with a Worm gear 73 journaled onthe bearing bracket 71 and is provided with a crank-acting shipper arm74 having pivoted thereto ar loop-like link Z5 mounted in the annularchannel of a shipper collar 76 on the peripheral friction Wheel 52. c

Obviously, the link 75 is free to move transversely of the shippercollar 76 during the oscillatory movements of the shipper arm 74. Fromthe above description, it is evident that y turning` the handle 19, theperipheral friction vWheel 52 may be moved axially on the shaft 53.

The length of the to and fro movements imparted to the sadiron 18 fromthe motor 43 is controlled by the operator While guiding said sadironsimply by turning the handle 19 to move the peripheral friction Wheel 52over the face friction Wheel 53.

What l claim is:

1. The combination With a table having an ing a handle by Which pressuremay be applied thereto, said sadiron being carried'by the support formovement over the ironing surface and out of Contact therewitlusaidsadiron being movable on the support into a position in which it restson the ironing surface for ironing action, motor-actuated connectionsfor movingthe support to impart to and fro movements to thesadiron, andmanually-controlled connections arranged to be actuated by the handle ofthe sadiron for causing the motor-driven connections to reverse theirmovements'.

2. The combination With a table having an ironing surface, of a support,a sadiron carried by the support for movement over the ironing surface,a toggle connecting the sadiron to the support, one link of the togglebeing rigid with the sadiron and the other link thereof being pivoted tothe support and comprising telescopically connected members, andalcoiled spring encircling the link pivoted to the support and understrain to separate 'the telescopically connected members thereof, saidtoggle beingrv straight when the sadiron is resting on the ironingsurface to hold the spring compressed, said toggle being arranged to bebuckled by an initial tilting movement of the sadiron from the ironingsurface to release the spring and permit the same to complete thetilting movement of the sadiron to lift the same from the ironingsurface.

3. The combination With a table having" an ironing surface, of asadiron, motordriven connections for imparting to and fro movements tothe sadiron on the ironing surface including a face friction Wheel and acooperating peripheral friction wheel, and connections controlled by amanually-operated member on the sadiron for moving the peripheralfriction Wheel on the face vfriction Wheel.

d. The combination With an ironing table having a turnable section, ofpair of lazy tongs mounted on said section for horizontal swingingmovement over the ironing table, a sadiron pivotally attached to thelazy tongs for ironing action on said table, manuallycontrolled meansfor tilting the sad iron out of Contact With the ironing table tosupport the same for the lazy tongs, and motordriven means on saidsection for operating the flazy tongs to impart to and fro movements tothe sadiron for ironing action on the ironing table.

5. The combination With a table having an ironing surface, of a support,a sadiron ath tached to the support for movement from an operativeposition on the ironing surface to a tilted inoperative position out ofcontact with said surface, and a tilting device for the sadironvnormally held inactiveand arranged to be thrown into action by the in*itial tilting movement of the sadiron to com- Y plete the tiltingmovement thereof and hold the sadiron in a tilted position.

6. The structure defined in claim 5 in which the tilting device isarranged to be thrown out of action by the movement of the sadiron froma tilted to an operative position.

7. The structure defined in claim 5 in which the tilting device isspring actuated.

'8. The combination with a table having an i ironing surface, ofasupport, a sadiron hinged to the support for movement from an operativeposition on the ironing surface to a. tilted inoperative position out ofcontact with said surface, and a tilting device for the sadironcomprising a lever extension on the sadiron, and a spring compressedbetween said extension and the su port, said extensionvand springnormally eing on a dead center to render the tiltingdevice active by theinitial tilting movement of the sadiron to complete the tilting movementthereof and yieldingly hold the sadiron in its tilted position.

9. The combination with a table. having an ironing surface, of asupport, a, sadiron hinged to the support for movement from an i tion inwhich it rests on the ironing table to a tilted position out of contactwith the ironing tal e, and a spring-actuated tilting device for thesadiron normally held'inac tive andV arranged to be thrown intol actionby the initial tilting movement of the sadiron to Complete the tiltingmovement there-` of and yieldingly `hold the Vsadiron in`its tiltedposition.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature. Y

RUDY HILGEDICK.

